The incidence rate of various types of brain tumors caused by various factors in China at this stage is as high as 40 per 100,000, and as one of the high incidence tumors in recent years, the mortality rate of brain tumors is on an increasing trend. There are often patients complaining of long-term headache, dizziness, nasal congestion and even vomiting, and common cold medicine never solved the problem. Brain tumor patients are often not easily detected in the early stage, and are often misdiagnosed as headache and dizziness caused by common cold, head and facial diseases (such as sinusitis, migraine, headache caused by elevated eye pressure), which are often ignored. There was a case of a 40-year-old woman who always felt headache and dizziness, accompanied by nausea and vomiting, without twitching of limbs, and the headache and dizziness did not improve significantly after resting at home. The patient thought that the headache was caused by work exertion and tension, so she did not pay attention to it and did not undergo any relevant examination. Recently, during the routine checkup of the unit, it was found that the headache was caused by intracranial tumor. Then what is the difference between headache caused by brain tumor and general headache? What are the characteristics of this kind of headache? Characteristics of headache caused by brain tumor 1. Type of tumor and headache Headache of astrocytoma and metastasis is most common. More than 50% of multiple astrocytomas have headache before other clinical symptoms appear. 2.Relationship between tumor site and headache There is a certain relationship between the site of tumor and the occurrence of headache. The headache of cerebral hemisphere usually appears on the same side of the brain, often close to the site of tumor. Tumors in the brain are mainly frontal pain, while tumors in the posterior occipital region, such as cerebellar tumors, are mainly headache in the posterior occipital region. Intracerebroventricular tumors blocking cerebrospinal fluid circulation have a high incidence of headache. Metastatic tumors have high incidence due to severe edema and rapid progress. 3.The manifestation of tumor headache 20%-40% of brain tumors have headache as the first symptom. 90% of brain tumors have headache during the course of the disease, but headache caused by brain tumor only accounts for a small proportion of all headache patients. Brain tumor headaches are often episodic in the early stages and are heavier in the morning, but in the later stages they are more often persistent and dull, often accompanied by vomiting, and vomiting is jet-like. When the headache worsens, it can make the patient restless (very uncomfortable). The headache worsens when coughing, straining, sneezing, or defecating, and is aggravated in the prone position and relieved in the standing position, and rarely relieves without pain. The headache is progressively worse (day by day) and may include diplopia, vision loss, hemiparesis, aphasia, epilepsy, paraplegia, dysphagia, choking, or other neurological symptoms. Of course, self-examination is part of it. If you are unwell, you must go to a regular hospital for a comprehensive examination and then undergo medical treatment according to the doctor’s guidance, and you must not use drugs blindly to avoid delaying the diagnosis.